Chair attachment.



No. 798,355. PATENTED AUG. 29, 1905. M. LIBOTTB.

CHAIR ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 20, 1904.

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MARIE LIBOTTE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CHAIR ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.l

Patented Aug. 29, 1905.

Application filed August 20, 1904. Serial No. 221,508.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARIE LIBOTTE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Chair Attachments; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to babies chairs, and more particularly to attachments therefor, and has for its object to provide an attachment which may be used in connection with the chairs in common use and which will prevent the raising of the toy-tray and its supporting-leg to permit of tilting the chair forward.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in both the views, Figure l is a perspective view of a chair provided with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view of a portion of the chair, showing the manner of fastening the attaching-loops.

Referring now to the drawings, there is shown a chair 5 of the type usually used for infants, the chair being made of wicker-work. Pivoted between the forward ends of the arms 5 of the chair is the usual toy-tray 6,. having a supporting-leg 7 secured thereto.

So far as already described the chair is such as is commonly used, and it has been found that it is possible for an infant when occupying the chair to raise the tray 6 and leg 7 and by leaning forward tilt the chair over. To hold the leg 7 in engagement with the floor, thus preventing tilting of the chair, a pair of wires bent to form parallel legs and a connecting eye-shaped bight are disposed with their legs projecting through the wicker-work of the chair, the legs being separated, as shown, to hold the wires in position. One of these wires is disposed at either side of the chair at the front and below the seat thereof, and engaged with the eye-shaped bights 8 are snaphooks 9, which are carried by the ends of a chain lO, having a central loop 11, with which is engaged the leg 7 of the tray, which is thus held against being raised.

It will be found that after a chair of the present type has been in use for a greater or less length of time the arms thereof become separated to such an extent that the toy-tray may be easily disengaged therefrom, it being understood that the tray is held in position by means of trunnions carried thereby and engaged in loops upon the chair-arms, and in order to prevent this spreading of the arms and accidental disengagement of the tray the latter is provided with hooks l2, which may be engaged with eyes 13, secured to the arms, these eyes being formed in the same manner as are the fastening-wires described above.

l. The combination with a chair having a tray pivoted thereto, said tray having a supporting-leg, of a chain secured to the chair and engaged with the supporting-leg to hold the tray against movement upon its pivot.

2. The combination with a chair having a tray provided with a supporting-leg, of a chain secured at its ends to the chair and engaged intermediate of its ends with the supportingleg to hold the tray against movement upon its pivot.

3. The combination with a chair having arms adapted for'movement away from each other, of atray disposed between the arms and arranged for .pivotal vertical movement, connections between the arms and the tray to prevent further separation of the arms, a supporting-leg secured to the tray, and means connected with the supporting-legs and with the lchair for preventing upward movement of the tray.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

Y MARIE LIBOTTE.

Witnesses: o

TADEo Lornz, CHARLES D. IMMEN, Jr. 

